- Leader | March 3, 1840 - September 21, 1904
Good words will not give me back my children.
Chief Joseph
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
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My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
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I want the white people to understand my people.
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The Indian race are waiting and praying.
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I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
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